Re: Collaboration on standard Wayland protocol extensions

[Drew DeVault <sir cmpwn com>]

On 2016-03-28  4:35 PM, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> If you want to add additional stuff on top of a live stream, use
> something with a programmable pipeline that can add effects to the
> stream coming from the compositor. Why do we need negotiation, or user
> interation, or exchange of metadata for this stuff?

The stream isn't coming from the compositor. That's the point. It needs
to be. However, providing programmable access to that stream is a
security concern, so it should be given only to certain privledged
clients.

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Drew DeVault